Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-02

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Mrs. w. ID. VanSlyke returned last
Friday from her visit to the state Of
New York.
Judge 1. n. KING, Of Wellington, Is
here to-day. He and Hon. Thos
George own farm near Elm Mills.
Rain is needed badly-not because
we are experiencing a drouth, but
that the grass may get good start.
VanSlyke Bros. have about disposed
of their stock of groceries and general
merchandise and will engage in other
business.
Doran d Roberts have purchased
Dick Lees interest in the Grand Cen
trail stables. MIR. Lee gets their inter
est in the Main street property.
Go and see Henry Morgan and get a
lot of his papers descriptive of Barber
county. 1t is a truthful history and
credit will be given every line of it.
A note for $50 payable to Geo. II.
Cook, was found by Gus Schmidt, in
this city, yesterday, and may be obtain
ed of him by describing property and
paying for this notice. 40.
4 man named Chalk last week sold
a half-section of land in Kingman
county, adjoining Barber county on the
northeast, for 81 800, and his improve
ments were not valuable.
The contract for building the new
school house in district No. 81, south
west of here, was let last Saturday by
the directors Loefier & Collins, they
to do the work for S475.
A. Watson, of Kiowa county, was
here yesterday. He is laying off IA town
near his ranch on Soldier creek, and
thinks it Will be the junction of the
Southern Kansas railroad and the Null
vane extension.
l.. +. Pearson will this week move
his family to his farm east of town.
He says that he longs for the wild
ness and vastness of nature, only to be
found in the country. City life is by
far too giddy and glittering for him.
Tie has one of the best farms in the
county.
Hon. Geo. G. BrOwnell, of Wichita,
a prominent attorney Of that city, was
here last week in the Seward county
cases, he appearing as attorney for the
commissioners who were under arrest.
While here, he made many pleasant ac-
and impressed them most
favOrably with his standing as a south
west attorney.
The Southwestern Kansas Home,
published by Henry Morgan, of this
city, is creditable paper and contains
much infOr nation for people away
from here. 1t is published for free dis
tributiOn, and as the publisher has s.
600 copies to dispose of, every citizen
interested in getting people to come
here, should send away several copies.
Next Sunday. March 9th, Rev. Gill
lam will preach his last sermon in this
city, that being the completion of his
third year in this charge. Ills success
sor will be appointed at conference
next week at Winfield. 1t is the gen.
eral wish that a minister will be Sc
lected who will prove to be as popular
as Mr.. Gillian has during his stay in
this city.
Fred. Aubley. of Garden Plains, Kan
sas, this week purchased of ThOs. Allen
l60 acres of land on Cedar creek, five
miles west of Medicine Lodge, for So
300. This is known as the Ewart place.
o. G. Ewart and r. II. Lee purchased
the place two years ago for 81 600, and
last year sold it for $1,000; and now it
has sold for $500. 1t is good piece
Of ground; but no better than hundreds
OF other manifestations within five
miles of this city.
Mr.. J. z. Fleming and Mrs. Donia
both of Elm Mills, were united
in marriage in this city, last Thursday
evening, Feb. 24th. by Judge Hardy.
This event was not altogether unlocked
for, the many friends of the couple
having since decided that the match
would be an appropriate one. The IN
DEX acknowledges pleasant call from
the happy couple, and taxes this method
Of extending best wishes for their long
and continued happiness aud prosperi-
ty. Mother Fowler, of this city, gave
the couple an elegant supper after the
ceremony and it was duly enjoyed.
n dispatch from Kingman, dated
Feb. 26th., says: "a rousing triple
meeting was held in this city
this afternoon and three propositions
from three grand trunk lines were sub
mitted and accepted. The first propos-
ition was from the Missouri, Kansas &
Southwestern, which proposes to ira
verse our county from east to west and
locate division and machine shops at
Kingman. The second is the Kansas.
Colorado Il Texas or Rock Island. from
north to south, and the Chicago, Kan
sas Il Nebraska, or Pennsylvania Cen
trail. from north to south. Great en-
thusiasm prevailed and the three pro-
positions will undoubtedly be carried
which will give Kingman county eight
lines Of railroad and make her future
development very rapid" Barber coun-
ty will certainly get some of the roads
mentioned in the above dispatch. In
fact, this county is gateway through
which railroads headed west must pass.
Medicine Lodge will yet be the best
city in Southern Kansas, outside of
Wichita.
Since the bond elections, last week,
when the Kansas and Panhandle prop